#BC5020#BC5020

#BC5020 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.151 H 41.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC5020
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 32)
HSL	hsl(18, 71%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(18, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 83%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.67, 41.02, 47.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.67, 62.70, 49.13°)
OKLab	oklab(56.43% 0.1129 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(56.43% 0.151 41.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.8710, 16.5362, 3.3010)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC5020 #208CBC

analogous

#BC203E #BC5020 #BC9E20

triadic

#BC5020 #20BC50 #5020BC

tetradic

#BC5020 #3EBC20 #208CBC #9E20BC

square

#BC5020 #3EBC20 #208CBC #9E20BC

split-complementary

#BC5020 #20BC9E #203EBC

monochromatic

#53230E #883A17 #BC5020 #DE6D3B #E79470

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#BC5020 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#BC5020 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC5020

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC5020	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC5020	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897A1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3647

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc5020;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.151 41.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88460',
    500: '#bc5020',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc5020;
$custom-light: #d88460;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc5020",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.462,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56431,
    "c": 0.15148,
    "h": 41.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC5020

secondary

#6BAFCD

accent

#B6EE3A

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FDEFEA

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC5020

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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